The World: Prize for a German Peacemaker

IN the midst of a heated debate about West Germany's budget one
afternoon last week, Bundestag President Kai-Uwe von Hassel suddenly
clanged his hand bell and the packed parliament fell silent. A moment
later, its members broke into thunderous applause, and deputies on both
sides of the aisle rose in a standing ovation. Von Hassel had just
announced that Chancellor Willy Brandt was the winner of the 1971 Nobel
Peace Prize. Greatly moved, Brandt told the Bundestag that he would do
everything "to make myself worthy of this honor."